I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm jolted back in time, to another wound, another set of bandages. "You said that same thing to me in the first Hunger Games. Real or not real?" "Real," he says. "And you risked your life getting the medicine that saved me?" "Real." I shrug. "You were the reason I was alive to do it.
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Suzanne CollinsPeeta and I had adjoining cells in the Capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.โ Annie, who's on Johanna's other side, does that thing where she covers her ears and exits reality. Finnick shoots Johanna an angry look as his arm encircles Annie. โWhat? My head doctor says I'm not supposed to censor my thoughts. It's part of my therapy,โ replies Johanna.
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